///04_08_07
Oy.
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Ok, there's plenty of stuff I should update y'all on, like another Cut&Paste event at the HOW Design Conference this June, or the Novem Life project, but honestly I'm up to my neck in work and have no time, but I do want to post something here. This is for the search engines and those who share this problem I ran across:

The system font sydnie (pretty sure its file name is sydnie.ttf, but it doesn't even show up in a file search) is a font installed on your computer with Quicktime and, for some strange reason,does not appear for use unless you are running Quicktime. So in order to use the font in, say, Adobe Illustrator, you must turn on Quicktime. At least in Windows. Maybe I'll check it on my Mac later...

///02_13_07
Big Thangs.
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Novem. Life. Literally.
Big release party on March 9th to showcase our new Spring Line of t-shirts. + I'm re-designing our website and started work on a couple new sites for a couple of fellow artists - my guy Esho and Ms. Sahyley Hernandez. No rest for the weary.

And tomorrow night (Valentine's Night) you're all invited to come out to Subterranean to watch me crank out a live design and watch Haiku's new music video. More info here.

///01_02_07
Happy New Year.
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Busy with work at Mess and Novem Spring '07 Line. Can't talk now - working.

///12_12_06
Blargh.
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Ok. Lotta stuff goin' on...
Finally got my own dot.com - designerbyfate.com, got a job (so I'm now pullin' the double shifts on the regular), and got an update to my portfolio section that's still in progress. should be finished after work tonight.

Chris Silva's movin outta town soon (to P.R. I believe) and he's havin' a going-away party on Dec. 15th.

Also on the 15th of December, my fellow competitor in the Chicago Cut and Paste comp., Jordan Polonsky, is throwing a release party to show his new toys at Rotofugi here in Chicago.

Also ALSO on the fifteenth of December is the public unveiling of the Spring Street project - this crazy team-up of Wooster Collective and some NYC building owners to get some really cool street artists from around the world to install art in and on a building in NYC known as a hotspot for street art. Check the Dec. 3rd entry on the Wooster Collective site.

I really should update this section more often than once a month. So much goin' on.
Blah. Argh. Blargh.

///11_07_06
I voted today, did you?
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You know how politicians are corrupt as hell and don't really back us up as free American citizens? Because as American citizens, we freely allow them the feeling that they can do whatever they want because, by not voting, we are in effect telling them that we do not care. By getting out there and voting in large numbers, we force these politicians to focus on ALL the issues at hand and not just the few issues that matter to the people that actually vote. And if they would have to pay attention to all and not just some of the issues, they'd be too busy trying to please us to stay in office and not have as much time to try and scheme on a profit. Just my 2 cents.

///11_05_06
Cut and Paste: Update x2
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I WON THIS ISH!!!
Much thanks to the Cut and Paste crew, the judges (towards the bottom of the page), the sound and audio crews, Crobar Chicago , and all the sponsors. The competitition was stiff and I'm seriously privelaged to have come out on top. And my next move? Why world domination, of course.
Pictures by Escalante should be coming soon.

///10_06
Cut and Paste: Update
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I'm in like Flynn!!! I'll be competing alongside 7 other talented Chicago designers at the event, Saturday, Nov. 4th at Crobar with an after party elsewhere. Purchase tickets in advance to save yourself $5 and be entered in a raffle for a free Puma bike.
///09_06
Cut and Paste
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A friend of mine just forwarded an e-mail to me about this cool design competition taking place later this year. Looks like it'll be fun. You can check it out here.

aNYthing
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I was in NYC last week on a business/pleasure trip and caught a Kid America Club performance in at some bar on the Lower East Side - pretty funny biz. Check out the clips of their show on the site. And I can't remember how, but I think they're also somehow hooked up with this little store out there called "aNYthing."

Michel Gondry
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Go see The Science of Sleep.
If you like Michel Gondry's work, you will highly enjoy this movie. And if you've never heard of Michel Gondry, you will highly enjoy this movie.

BBDO West - WTF?
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BBDO West (dope website) put out a pro-bono ad campaign recently in San Francisco advertising an anti-graffiti call to action. *Pfft. Get a clue, guys. Graffiti, along with all the other aspects of hip-hop culture, is a big money maker here in the States and beyond and is quite fashionable in more than just the design field right now, as well. Peep the little coverage I found on it on Wooster Collective.

My boy Wolverine™ once said, "I'm the best there is at what I do," and, though he was referring to his violent tendencies, I've always felt motivated by that quote.
Oh, and the "Mills" stands for "Millions."